Begins with ball preparations and her disapointment of some officers' behavior. Next writes of very strong storms in the night. Finally she writes that Morgans men that are behaving badly, and he is "losing character by the way they go on stealing...

In this entry Lucy Virginia writes of being awoken by men with horses in front of the house. They had come to arrest the Colonel and Mr. Henderson. Lucy further writes of knowing whom to thank for this -- the Unionists of McMinnville. She also...

Excerpts from a diary, 1834-1865, and memoir of early life, written by Jesse Cox (1793-1879), a Primitive Baptist minister and resident of Williamson County, Tennessee. He describes the hardships of life as an itinerant preacher, some religious...

Handwritten entry for the date, covering parts of two pages of this small volume representing the Civil War diary of Rachel Carter Craighead. News of acquaintances having been wounded at the Battle of Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing) begins to trickle...

Handwritten entry for the date, covering parts of one page of this small volume representing the Civil War diary of Rachel Carter Craighead. Craighead relates a visit from the 69th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that reported from Camp Chase to...

Letter from George Franklin Robinson to his wife, Elvira Jane Griffin, following the Battle of Gettysburg, July 18, 1863. Robinson draws a map of his unit's march from Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. In the letter, he says:...

Handwritten entry for the date, covering parts of three pages of this small volume representing the Civil War diary of Rachel Carter Craighead. Entry reveals that Rachel and her mother are making pockets in which to hide away valuables. Having...

Patience tells her uncle that she hopes the rebs "all git out of hear and I hope that wont be long." She says that home folks can't see anything but "the gray backs a hunting for something to eat." All the boys are gone to war, so "you could have...

Handwritten entry from Rachel Carter Craighead's Civil War diary. These entries convey the dying agonies suffered by John Carter, Craighead's younger brother who was a Sergeant Major with the 1st Tennessee wounded at the Battle of Perryville on...

Handwritten entry from Rachel Carter Craighead's Civil War diary. These entries convey the dying agonies suffered by John Carter, Craighead's younger brother who was a Sergeant Major with the 1st Tennessee wounded at the Battle of Perryville on...

Handwritten entry from Rachel Carter Craighead's Civil War diary. Craighead relates General Grant's survey of the family parlor, where he planned to reside as he established his winter headquarters across the street. She also describes their...

Handwritten entry from Rachel Carter Craighead's Civil War diary. Craighead notes the strange nature of a Lincoln proclamation calling for 400,000 soldiers. The Official Records contains details of this forgery perpetrated by newspaperman Joseph...